Joints and arthritis at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

NCIC (Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland) rheumatology waiting times: most people treated waited 21 to 46 weeks.

Of the people still waiting, half have waited under 16 weeks and 9 in 10 under 38 weeks. 54% are within 18 weeks.

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Based on the waiting-now figures for August 2026. Not a prediction of your own wait: urgency decides who is seen first.

How the wait has changed

Rheumatology at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, 24 months to August 2026
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Shaded band: half to 9 in 10 of people treated that month. Line: the median wait of people still waiting. Weeks on the left.

The numbers behind the chart
MonthTreated, half withinTreated, 9 in 10 withinWaiting now, half within
September 202426.754.615.1
October 202427.248.814.7
November 202426.248.314.9
December 202424.640.614.7
January 202520.042.715.9
February 202524.048.415.9
March 202521.047.216.0
April 202526.548.216.6
May 202531.446.616.3
June 202530.147.215.7
July 202525.549.916.7
August 202531.649.916.7
September 202529.547.817.3
October 202528.550.518.1
November 202531.849.817.7
December 202532.848.017.6
January 202634.550.817.0
February 202629.047.317.5
March 202634.951.416.0
April 202631.044.616.1
May 202632.048.416.1
June 202630.347.815.5
July 202631.248.215.1
August 202620.545.615.9

NHS England figures, . Checked for new figures . About the data.

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